Ramashreya Jha (11 August 1928 – 1 January 2009) was a distinguished composer, musician, scholar and teacher of

Hindustani classical music Hindustani classical music is the Indian classical music, classical music of the Indian subcontinent's northern regions. It may also be called North Indian classical music or ''Uttar Bhartiya shastriya sangeet''. The term ''shastriya sangeet'' ...

. He was the head of the Department of Music in

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from 1980 to 1989. He was known for his deep knowledge, creative genius and his gifts as a teacher. His five-volume anthology Abhinava Geetanjali ranks high among the most influential works in Hindustani music. It contains critical analysis of

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s supplemented by numerous traditional and self-conceived compositions.

Achievements

Among the first to notice Jha-sahab's magnificent compositions and parlay them was the famous maestro, the late Jitendra Abhisheki, who sang and taught Ramrang's many compositions. In 1968, he was appointed to the faculty of

and later in 1980 promoted to the position of Head of the Music Department. This move by the university was in recognition of genuine merit because Ramrang held no formal

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s. He retired from his active professorial duties in 1989. In 2005, Ramrang received the

Sangeet Natak Akademi Award Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (IAST: Saṅgīta Nāṭaka Akādamī Puraskāra), also known as the Akademi Puraskar, is an award given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama. It is the highest Indian recogni ...

from

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, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama. Ramrang died 1 January 2009, in Kolkata, India, due to complications following heart surgery. Among his well-known disciples are Vidushi Kamla Bose, Shubha Mudgal and Late Dr.Geeta Banerjee.

References

External links

Ramrang – A Life in MusicRamrang – A Bouquet of CompositionsA Stroll in Ramrang's Garden
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